NAIROBI who Kenya - Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he continues cases against six Kenyan leaders for choice alleged participating in connection with violence two years ago, send an ominous signal to African heads of State and their own tainted ballots involved Government.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the Court, told a news conference in the Hague that he had asked the Court to summon six top Kenyan officials he believed were responsible for the violence that left an estimated 1,300 people dead. The Court determines whether to calculate the men with crime.
Press Photo Agency Kenya's Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta is accused by the International Criminal Court helping to mastermind of the country 2007 08 post-election violence that left some 1,300 dead.Were named among those two figures that are believed to the middle of the allegations: Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the first President of Kenya and the current Minister of finance; and powerful opposition figure William Ruto, who was the Minister of higher education until recently, when it was exposed to allegations of corruption.
The prosecutor called also Kenya's former Police Commissioner, Mohammed Hussein Ali; the head of the public service, Francis Muthaura and two oppositional, Henry Kosgey, Minister of industrialisation; and Joshua Arap sang, a radio station.
The Prosecutor filed two cases of crimes against humanity including accusations of murder, deportation, torture and rape against six men. The Casess were politically motivated, zuwidergehandelt three ally of the President and three of the main opposition party.
This balance could help alleviate fears of violent reaction to the announcement. Police were on high alert in Kenya Wednesday, although it remained largely quiet.
Move the public prosecutor's Office will resound expected to far beyond Kenya. On a continent that has seen several recent controversial elections, the International Criminal Court seems aims to undermine the democratic process by force.
Mr. Moreno-Ocampo said "These were not only crimes against innocent Kenyan" in a statement Wednesday. "They were crimes against humanity as a whole." "By breaking the cycle of impunity for massive crimes, Justice have victims and their families."
In 2008, such as Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe refused, which makes a widely controversial choice to make. A presidential election broke his main challenger, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, second round because of the attacks on his followers. They now form a fragile "unit"-Government.
He won a Nov. established President Laurent Gbagbo claims in Ivory Coast 28 Choice, although most of the world recognizes his rival Alassane Ouattara as the winner. Today the nation is again threatened civil war and west African saddled with two self-proclaimed President.
Kenya welcomed the news from the ICC by many, frustrated with political corruption and perceived lack of accountability in East Africa's largest economy have become.
Since the political turmoil here end of 2007 and 2008 no major political figure was examined, accused or put on trial despite a comprehensive report by an independent Commission drafted a list of people who believed, it should be examined. The list was not publicly released.
Mr. Moreno-Ocampo's petition to the Court is underway which will probably be a lengthy legal process. The Court will now prosecutors review evidence and determine whether arrest warrants issue or ask that the accused in the Court of first instance appear on your own. Only after this process, the Court decides whether to make the cases before the Court.
Mr Kosegey and Mr Arap sang achieved immediately on Wednesday. Mr Ali and Mr Ruto on calls on their mobile phones to respond. Mr Ruto has said he expects his innocence in court would be proven.
Mr Muthaura, said in a statement Wednesday that the investigation into his involvement in violence "amounts to an unjustified slur on my reputation and is both unfair and unjustified."
Mr. Kenyatta, who informed after the announcement, denied the accusations. "Expect we will the decision of the judges," he said and added that he hoped that the process would be "free and fair."
President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have agreed to work with the Court. The public prosecutor's Office has summoned not either of the two political rivals.
The ICC Prosecutor, said Mr Ruto, Mr Kosgey and Mr sang were some of the most important planners and organizers of crimes against the supporters of President Mwai Kibaki. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo said the men the attacks at least one year before the election had planned December 2007. The three men established to arm a network and organize attacker and Mr sang used passed the Prosecutor said his radio broadcasts on encoded messages about the attacks.
Mr Ali, supposedly authorized former Police Commissioner, excessive use of force against the opposition demonstrators, a response which was secured by Mr Muthaura, head of the public service, the Prosecutor said.
Mr. Kenyatta is allegedly violent retaliation for the deaths of the Government have organized by the dreaded Mungiki gang attack opposition supporters.
"After our evidence these people most responsible are for the violence", said Mr. Moreno Ocampo.
The Government had initially declared an independent court to those believed to behind the violence attempt to establish. If was not to try to manage the list of suspicious to the Hague delivered.
Kenya has been hooked ever since. A peace agreement brokered by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and others, including pressure from U.S. officials ended the violence and designed a power-sharing Government.
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